{"id":1231,"date":"2007-10-11T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T11:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/crackberry-dts\/"},"modified":"2007-10-11T06:50:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T11:50:14","slug":"crackberry-dts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/crackberry-dts\/","title":{"rendered":"CrackBerry DTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly, I thought this was a joke &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20071010\/ap_on_hi_te\/phantom_vibrations\">Is that your phone or your imagination?<\/a>  From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they&#8217;re wearing a cell phone when they&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Research in the area is scant, but theories abound about the phenomenon, which has been termed &#8220;ringxiety&#8221; or &#8220;fauxcellarm.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article is obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek and there are some good lines in it including this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He also claims to &#8220;pre-feel&#8221; a new message or call. &#8220;I&#8217;ll feel it, look at it. It&#8217;s not vibrating. Then it starts vibrating,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am one with my BlackBerry.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The guy&#8217;s name is Yoda.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, maybe not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly, I thought this was a joke &#8211; Is that your phone or your imagination? From the article: Many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they&#8217;re wearing a cell phone when they&#8217;re not. &#8230; Research in the area is scant, but theories abound about the phenomenon, which has been termed &#8220;ringxiety&#8221; or &#8220;fauxcellarm.&#8221; The article is obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek and there are some good lines in it including this one: He also claims to &#8220;pre-feel&#8221; a new message or call. &#8220;I&#8217;ll feel it, look at it. It&#8217;s not vibrating. Then it starts vibrating,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am one&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/10\/crackberry-dts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-communication","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-jR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1750,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/iphone-competition\/","url_meta":{"origin":1231,"position":0},"title":"iPhone Competition","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"October 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are technical geek of sorts you already know about T-Mobile's G1 and the Blackberry Thunder as a few of the first phones to try to compete with the iPhone 3G.\u00a0 According to a post on US News & World Report, Blackberry is introducing a new competitor, called the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":871,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/the-enabling-freedom-of-accessibility\/","url_meta":{"origin":1231,"position":1},"title":"The Enabling Freedom Of Accessibility","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We've posted about no-email Fridays and those companies that want to encourage face-to-face meetings and phone calls that day. 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